Summary

  • Lando Norris wins Sao Paulo Grand Prix

  • Norris now leads Oscar Piastri by 24 points in championship

  • Antonelli second, Verstappen third and Piastri fifth

  • Piastri given penalty for colliding with Antonelli

  • Verstappen started in pit lane and had puncture

  • OUT: Hamilton, Leclerc, Bortoleto

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Lorraine McKenna

  1. 'Russell has been clear and precise'

    Abbi Pulling
    F1 Academy champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    George Russell has been the man of the race so far, I think he's really been clear and precise in what he wants.

    Mercedes have read this strategy of the race really well so far. Let's see where it goes.

  2. Team radio - Ferrari to Hamilton

    "Box to retire the car."

  3. Lap 38/71

    Racing Bulls bring in Isack Hadjar for a change of rubber but Oscar Piastri is yet to come for his pit stop. That's about to change, however. And he'll serve his penalty at the same time.

  4. Lap 37/71

    From pit lane to a podium is the target for Max Verstappen in Sao Paulo. The Dutchman is now eighth on the road and he's battling Pierre Gasly for seventh. The Alpine driver is swatting away the Red Bull's attack. For now...

  5. Abbi Pulling
    F1 Academy champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Max Verstappen has come out just behind the Williams of Carlos Sainz. There's a lot of work for him to do and it's not going to be easy.

  6. Lap 36/71

    Oscar Piastri leads but he's got a 10-second time penalty hanging around his gearbox. McLaren team-mate Lando Norris is up to second and will take control back when the Australian makes his first stop. Kimi Antonelli is third and Oliver Bearman has climbed to fourth.

  7. Team radio - McLaren to Piastri

    Engineer: "Oscar, how is the grip overall? Any evidence of hard may be better? Didn't look too bad on the Aston Martin."

    Piastri: "Difficult to know, but the medium feels good for now."

  8. Verstappen and Russell pit

    Lap 35/41

    Red Bull and Mercedes are ready for their drivers to come into the pits. Max Verstappen completes his second stop and dumps one set of mediums for another. George Russell does the opposite and opts for the softs.

    Verstappen is now 12th (and quickest) and Russell is sixth.

  9. Lap 34/71

    Nico Hulkenberg is eyeing up Alex Albon's sixth place and the Sauber driver spies a chance to make a clean and simple overtake on the Williams man.

  10. Norris overtakes Verstappen

    Lap 33/71

    Norris overtakes VerstappenGetty Images

    That was a straightforward sweep through on the Red Bull at the beginning of lap 33 for Lando Norris. Max Verstappen doesn't fight the McLaren and he drops back to fourth, Norris back up into the podiun places.

  11. Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    There are 40 laps to go and McLaren have put a set of soft tyres on [Lando Norris' car]. They were struggling to get 26 laps out of them in the sprint, now I think Norris might be doing a two-stop.

  12. Lap 32/71

    Verstappen's carGetty Images

    Is this looking like a two-stop race for the front-runners? Max Verstappen is consistently banking fastest laps on his medium rubber, as the McLaren of Lando Norris closes in on his soft compound.

  13. Norris pits

    Lap 31/71

    Lando Norris has been called in for a change of tyres. The championship leader swaps from mediums to softs and comes out behind the Red Bull of Max Verstappen, who has already made a pit stop in this race.

    Oscar Piastri now leads followed by George Russell's Mercedes.

  14. 'Verstappen is closing in on Russell'

    Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    Max Verstappen is now the fastest driver on the track, or very nearly along with Lando Norris.

    Verstappen is closing in on George Russell quite quickly, around half a second per lap.

  15. Lap 30/71

    The only silver lining for Lewis Hamilton is he's not last anymore - a few cars have dived in for a pit stop, so he's up to P14 now.

  16. Five-second time penalty for Hamilton
    Breaking

    Lap 29/71

    It's gone from bad to worse for Lewis Hamilton. The seven-time world champion tagged the rear of Franco Colapinto's car on the pit straight in the chaos of the opening laps and now he's been slapped with a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.

  17. 'If Verstappen had this setup yesterday, he would have dominated'

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    If Verstappen had this setup yesterday, he would have dominated this race. Max cutting through the field here is even more devastating than Hamilton in 2021.

    Jack

  18. Lap 27/71

    Pierre Gasly and Isack Hadjar are having a good scrap at Interlagos. Gasly got the better of his countryman first but the Racing Bulls rookie, driving here for the first time, is back ahead in 12th place.

  19. Abbi Pulling
    F1 Academy champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Rookies Oliver Bearman and Kimi Antonelli have not been here before, so for them to be doing what their doing is really strong showing.

  20. Lap 26/71

    Only Oliver Bearman and Kimi Antonelli have made pit stops out of the top 10 drivers, the rest are hurtling around Interlagos on medium tyres - except Fernado Alonso on his hards.